HACU Member Advisory--November 24, 2004

NSF STEM grant deadlines Jan. 6 and Feb. 10

The first grant deadlines are approaching for the National Science Foundation’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Talent Expansion Program. An optional Letter of Intent deadline is January 6, 2005. The full proposal deadline is February 10, 2005. HACU encourages member and partner higher education institutions to apply for a program that will award an estimated $15 million in grants, with no cost sharing or matching requirement. Please forward this HACU Member Advisory to senior staff, deans, research and program directors.

About the NSF’s STEM Talent Expansion Program

The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) seeks to increase the number of students (U.S. citizens or permanent residents) receiving associate or baccalaureate degrees in established or emerging fields within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

Type 1 proposals are solicited that provide for full implementation efforts at academic institutions. Type 2 proposals are solicited that support educational research projects on associate or baccalaureate degree attainment in STEM fields.

Type 1 proposals are invited from academic institutions in the United States and its territories, from consortia thereof, or from nonprofit organizations that have established consortia among such academic institutions.  The academic institutions must offer either associate degrees or baccalaureate degrees in science, technology, engineering and/or mathematics (STEM). Associate degree-granting institutions with a demonstrated record of articulation to STEM baccalaureate programs need not necessarily grant associate degrees in STEM fields in order to be eligible for this program.

Projects may involve a single institution, collaboration with business and industrial partners, or collaboration among several institutions. For example, according to the NSF, projects may include collaborative efforts that improve the transition of students among the collaborating institutions, such as transfer between two- and four-year institutions.

Type 2 proposals are invited from any individual or organization eligible to submit proposals to the NSF.

For more information:

Visit www.nsf.gov. Or contact: Susan H. Hixson, Lead Program Director, Directorate for Education & Human Resources, Division of Undergraduate Education at (703) 292-4623 or (shixson@nsf.gov); or Patrick E. Carriere, Program Director, Directorate for Education & Human Resources, Division of Undergraduate Education at (703) 292-8492 or (pcarrier@nsf.gov).

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